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Answer for the clue "Northwest English county ", 7 letters:
cumbria

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Cumbria ( ; locally ) is a non-metropolitan county in North West England . The county and Cumbria County Council , its local authority , came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972 . Cumbria's county town is Carlisle to ...

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n. A county of Northern England bordering Lancashire, North Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland.

Usage examples of cumbria.

Augusta, her head snugly against his shoulder again, thought sleepily that Uldale was in Cumbria what could there be there that was so important?

They were well on their way now, in Cumbria, having travelled over three hundred miles, but the Bentley had made light of it and for the greater part of the time Raf had kept to the motorway, but now they were in charming country, with Bassenthwaite Lake on one side of them and Thomwaite Forest on the other, and the old coaching inn showing welcoming lights as they stopped before its door.

Ella is going on one of these school trips climbing in Cumbria and Carol is going to Paris to stay with some friends others.

Head in North Carolina, the Sphinx Rock in Wast Water, Cumbria, England, the Old Woman in France, the Vartan Rock in Armenia.

He had long coveted Cumbria, and wanted this conquest with uncommon ferocity.

Malcolm would not hesitate to add both Northumbria and Cumbria to Scotland, so he would easily welcome her aid against Rufus.

King William II, called Rufus, marched north into Cumbria and captured Carlisle, and established the northern border of England at the Solway Firth, where it has remained for over 800 years.

Keating as `one of the most consistently interesting crime writers of his generation', although he himself likes to keep a low profile and lives quietly in Cumbria with, he says, `my cats and my conscience'.